A social history of the Ise shrines : divine capital /: divine capital. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Teeuwen and John Breen.
• Authors: Teeuwen, Mark; Breen, John, 1956-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Prologue; Notes to the Reader; Introduction Divine Capital: Ise and its Agents; The 2013 Rebuilding; Meanings and Agents; The Purpose of This Book; Chapter 1 Ancient Ise: Divine Wrath and Court Politics; Emperor Tenmu and the 'Shrine of Amaterasu'; Ise's Origination Myth; Amaterasu as the Leader of the Heavenly Deities; Why Ise?; Empress Jito and Amaterasu; Summing Up; Chapter 2 Classical Ise: Hosophobia Codified; Buddhism and the Imperial Succession; The Ise of the Protocols The Inner Shrine's Auxiliary Shrines, Their Kami and Kami SeatsThe Ise Priesthood; Ise Ritual; Ise and Court Ritual; Chapter 3 Amaterasu's Escape From Ise; The Ritsuryo Funding System Unravels; New Strategies in the Struggle for Land; Redefining Ise for a New Era; Kamakura; New Court Interpretations; Esoteric Readings of Ise; Ise's New Agents and their New Clientele; Chapter 4 Ise in the Kamakura Period: Lands and Secrets; The Mongols; Economic Woes; Watarai Yukitada and the Origin; Reinventing the Outer Shrine's Kami; Creating Secrets; Shinto; Ise's Medieval Capital: Secrets and Land Rights Chapter 5 Ise in the Muromachi Period: War and PilgrimsA New Political Environment; Kitabatake Chikafusa and Ise Thought; Pilgrimage and the Rise of a New Group of Ise Actors; The Development of Yamada; Trade, War and the Yamada Council; The Shrines Go to Ruin; Ise Worship Dispersed; Chapter 6 Ise Restored and Shintoized; A New Order Imposed; The Ise Shrines Restored; A New Hierarchy of Power; Shogunal Ise; Ise's Shintoization; Chapter 7 Pilgrims' Pleasures: Ise and its Patrons in the Edo Period; The Ise Experience; Ise Abroad: Oshi and Their Agents; Popular Imaginings Bakumatsu Politics: Imperializing IseChapter 8 Meiji Ise: Amaterasu's Mausoleum and the Modern Pilgrim; The Meiji Emperor and the Ise Shrines; Uji, Yamada and the Provinces of Modern Japan; Shin'enkai and Its Legacy; Chapter 9 Ise and Nation in Taisho And Early Showa Japan; The Sun Goddess's Progress, 1929; Popular Participation; Ise Discourse in the 1920s and 1930s; Promoting Ise: The Shrine and Its Publicity; Ujiyamada and the Pilgrims' Return; Ujiyamada in the Early Twentieth Century; Ise at War; Chapter 10 Crisis and Recovery: Ise's Post-War Transformations; 1953: Ise and the Ruins of War The Shinto Establishment and the 1953 SenguPrint Media, Propaganda and Critical Comment; 1973: Ise Restored; Ise's 'True Guise': Aspects of Production and Preparation; Print Media; Ise in 1993: Topography, Marketing and Media; Marketing Ploys; Media and Performance; Conclusion: Phases of Redevelopment; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Conclusion; References; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 299.5/61350952181; History of religion; Religion and sociology -- Japan -- Ise-shi -- History; RELIGION / Shintoism; HISTORY / Asia / Japan; RELIGION / History; Religion and sociology; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism; RELIGION / Comparative Religion; Oriental religions; Religion -- Shintoism; History -- Asia -- Japan; Religion -- History; Shintoism; Ise-shi (Japan) -- History; Japan -- Ise-shi; History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474272803; 1474272800
• Related ISBNs: 9781474272797; 1474272797; 9781474272810; 1474272819
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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